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...benefit of the doubt. Its wide, generous fairways mean the outcome is rarely predestined from the tee. What matters is the endgame - the approach shot and, most crucially, the chips and putts on its devilishly slick greens. This is not to say that Augusta doesn't provide a stern test of a golfer's resolve - a particularly demanding three-hole stretch is known as Amen Corner - it's just that this test is predicated on the principle that a person should have multiple opportunities for redemption...
...only would halting deforestation drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, it would save the most ecologically diverse and valuable land on the planet, home to animals and plants that can live nowhere else. Charity alone, as we've seen over the past several decades, won't be enough - the Stern report, a British government study on climate change released in 2006, estimated that it would take $10 to $15 billion a year to slow deforestation. That's well out of the range of philanthropy, but not if we choose to recognize and capitalize on the market value of forests. Canopy Capital...
...your leisure time, you most likely enjoy fun, which is why you most likely did not enjoy any of R.E.M.'s past three albums. If memory serves--and the thick layer of dust coating 1998's Up, 2001's Reveal and 2004's Around the Sun is a stern warning to let it--these records paled in comparison with R.E.M.'s earlier, essential material but were right on a par with Woody Allen's recent output. Which is to say, there were vestigial hints of artistry but a disturbing lack of purpose and energy. Facing the age-old choice...
Perry's dismal early life could be the source for a play of its own--and, of course, it has been. Born and raised in New Orleans, Perry "suffered from endless abuse growing up," according to his website bio. (He and his stern father have since reconciled; after some shows, he brings his parents onstage.) As a young adult, Perry was homeless for a time. Finding faith in God gave him faith in his creative powers. Taking advice he heard Oprah Winfrey give about putting your grievances down on paper, he wrote exorcising letters to himself and turned them into...
...York Times editorial, Stern became one of the first to argue that the American occupation had transformed Iraq into a haven and recruiting ground for terrorists...